Ingila sun isa sansanin Kofin Duniya a Kansas City kuma ba su jinkirta ba wajen fara aiki, inda suka gudanar da horon farko a Swope Soccer Village jim kadan bayan isa Inn at Meadowbrook Hotel a Prairie Village, Missouri.
Tawagar ta yi tafiyar mintuna 20 zuwa wurin horon karkashin tsaro mai tsanani, suna cikin ayarin motoci — alama ta hankali mai kewaye da tawagar Thomas Tuchel yayin da gasar ke kusantowa. Zafin rana kusan 31°C ya tarbi 'yan wasan, amma haka bai rage tsananin horon ba.
Alamomin farkon 'yan wasan
Abu mafi jan hankali a horon Asabar shi ne bayyananniyar alama ta yadda Tuchel zai iya tsara tawagar a kan Croatia ranar Talata. A wani lokaci na horo, 'yan wasan filin guda 10 da suka fara a nasarar 2-0 a kan Costa Rica a wasa na tunani — Jude Bellingham, Ezri Konsa, John Stones, Nico O'Reilly, Elliot Anderson, Harry Kane, Anthony Gordon, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, da Reece James — sun yi horo daban da sauran tawagar.
Ko da yake wannan rarrabuwa na iya zama daidai kawai, amma yana nuna da karfi cewa Tuchel yana tunanin amfani da wannan 'yan wasan 11 a wasan farko na Rukuni B a Dallas. Canji mafi muhimmanci da aka sa ran shi ne Bukayo Saka a madadin Madueke, amma Tuchel ya yarda cewa Saka yana buƙatar kulawa ta musamman a duk gasar saboda damuwar lafiya. Maharin Arsenal ya yi horo daban da ƙungiyar farko da alama, kuma har yanzu yana da iyaka a cikin motsinsa.
An rage muhimmancin sata
'Yan wasan sun nuna aniyar rage tasirin hauhawar da sata ta haifar, wadda ta fito fili a ranar Juma'a lokacin da aka yi rahoton an saci kayan aiki daga wata mota da ke kai kayan daga sansanin shirye-shiryensu na Florida zuwa Kansas City. Yan sanda na Kansas City sun tabbatar a ranar Asabar cewa an zargi maza biyu — Mustafa Salik da Erfan Kamal — a dangane da lamarin, inda aka sayar da dukiya mai darajar dalar Amurka 18,000.
Football Association ta jaddada cewa ba a saci kowane kayan aikin gasar ba, kuma mafi yawan kayan da aka sace — kamar yadda aka ba da labari, takalmi hudu na ƙwallon ƙafa, wata ƙwallo, wata safar hannu ta mai gida, da kayan horo — an dawo da mafi yawansu.
Mai tsaron baya Dan Burn ya rage muhimmancin lamarin yana cewa: "Ban rasa kome ba na sirri, mun koyo daga gare ku (kafofin watsa labarai). Yanzu tana hannun 'yan sanda. Ba a yi yawan maganarsa a cikin tawagar ba, wanda ke nuna cewa ba mu damu sosai ba — ba ta gurgunta shirye-shiriyenmu ba."
Shirye-shirye na karuwa da wuta
Sansanin Kansas City yana nuna canjin hali idan aka kwatanta da lokacin da suka yi a Florida, wanda ya mayar da hankali kan daidaitawa da yanayin zafi da danshi. Tuchel ya ce: "Mun daidaita, sun yi aiki mai tsanani kuma an fallasa su isa ga zafi — muna cikin koshin hali. Makasudin shine Croatia; yau na zamatuwa ne, kuma daga gobe za mu yi kwanaki uku na shirye-shirye don Croatia."
Kyaftin Harry Kane ya bayyana ra'ayi irin wannan yana cewa: "Nan ne kasuwanci ta fara, wannan zai zama gidanmu na makonni shida masu zuwa idan Allah Ya yarda — muna farin cikin fara. Na yi imani akwai babban matakin wasa a kan Costa Rica — yanzu muna shirya don wasa mai wahala na farko. Croatia tawaga ce mai wahalar gani, sun tabbatar a Kofin Duniya guda biyu da suka gabata cewa za su iya zama daya daga cikin mafi kyawun tawagar a gasar, kuma dole mu yi shirye-shirye da haka."
